> > Look above for an idea of what I roughly mean by directory of Hurd > > specific stuff. I would merge it with hurd.gnu.org. > > I like to compare the web site hurrd.gnu.org with the Hurd source code. > The Hurd source code is the essence of the Hurd development. It is what > is considered to be code worth to be included and maintained. We don't > include half-baken, incomplete, or broken code unless there is a strong > reason to do so. This actually has a real effect on the work needed to > maintain the code. If the first version you check in is near to perfect, > you don't need to make much changes later on. > > Or, put the other way: If you just throw together some bits and pieces, > you can't hope that anything truly useful comes out of it. This holds > true for source code as well as for documentation and web sites. > > A good link collection requires a lot of work and permanent maintenance. > It also requires a fine judgement about what to give how much weight.
I did not want to propose to mix everything together blindly without consideration, evaluation and maintenance like cat http://hurd.gnu.org > http://ultimate_hurd_site cat http://angg.twu.net/the_hurd_links.html >> http://ultimate_hurd_site cat http://www.fprintf.net/hurd/ >> http://ultimate_hurd_site My point was about concentration. > Sure, all the details of current developments around the Hurd are obscured > by being spread all over the web. But google has failed me never to retrieve > any particular detail I lost. What is more devastating is that the very > basic, the documentation of the Hurd, its design, its tools and interfaces > is lacking. This is a serious problem. If someone visits hurd.gnu.org, > he wants to find out about the Hurd, and not about OSKit, L4, Microkernels > or any other subject which is related to the Hurd. > > Don't get me wrong: at some time or another this information becomes important > for development. But for the first contact, it's all secondary. What is the situation concerning possible changes of Hurd design/interfaces now ? Was there any discussion about this on Hurd mailing lists or somewhere else ? What is considered to be problematic area ? > > Sure, the absolutely most appropriate place would be the GNU site but > > if you resist to link to some unwanted stuff and if you seem to be > > content with the current situation then I really don't know how to > > solve this... > > > > Easy: Put your feet where your mouth is! Rather than > discussions about how things should or should not be, it's better > to just go forward and do something you think is a good idea, and then see > how it fits in. You are suggesting to make Yet Another Personal Hurd Site but this is exactly what I was arguing against. My point was that people should contribute to some central site more than to their own sites. I can't contribute myself now because I am a newcomer. I could only build Yet Another Hurd Directory and this makes no sense. Do you think it would have any use if I tried to work on the Hurd Reference Manual in some time (school exams are threatening me now..) even if I am newbie and somebody would have to check it and fix it ? Ondrej ______________________________________________________________________ ARDO SISA TOUR 2001 Sisa Sklovska a jeji host Richard Muller na turne http://www.ddpromotion.cz/czech/music/sisa.htm
